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 15:2 SEPULCHEAL MONUMENTS IN OXFORD CATHEDRAL. The head of the effigy, which is bare and tonsured with flowing locks by the sides of the face, reposes on a double cushion, the uppermost lozenge-shaped, the lowermost square. The Prior is represented vested with the Amice about his neck with the apparel ; in the Alb, the apparels of which appear at the skirt in front and round the close-fitting sleeves at the wrists ; with the Stole and Dalmatic, or Tunic, which, it is somewhat difficult to say ; these two latter are not sculptured but merely painted on the effigy, and are only apparent on a careful examination ; over these is worn the Chesible. This vestment is very rich, and ornamented with orfreys round the borders, over the shoulders, and straight down in front. Hanging down from the left arm is the Maniple ; the Boots are pointed at the toes, and the feet rest against a lion. There is no indication of the pastoral staff ; the hands are joined on the breast. This effigy has been assigned both to Guymond, the first prior, who died in 1149, and to PhiHp, the third prior, who died in 1190. It is very clear, however, that it is a sculpture of the fourteenth century, and it is executed with considerable breadth and freedom. The face also is close shaven ; had it been an effigy of the twelfth century, we should have had both the moustache and beard. This effigy has been elaborately painted, and is worthy of minute examination.^ The next monument to be noticed is that of Ehzabeth, Lady Montacute, the daughter of Peter Montfort, and wife of William, Lord Montacute, by whom she had four sons and six daughters. She died in 1353. Her monument consists of a high tomb, the sides of which are divided into three panelled compartments ; the middlemost containing three panels, the others two panels each. These panels are arched- headed and cinque-foiled, and five of them on each side contain small statuettes, eighteen inches high, representing the children of the deceased. At the head and foot of the tomb are quatrefoiled compartments, that at the head con- taining, within the sides of the quatrefoil, the evangelistic symbols of St. Matthew and St. John, with a bas relief between them of the Blessed Virgin bearing in her arms the Divine Infant, and that at the foot containing, within the sides of the quatrefoil, the evangelistic symbols of St. Mark ' A representation of tliis tomVj is given in Gough's Sep. Mon. vol. i, pi. xii., and in Storcr's Cathedrals, vol. iii.